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ST. CLOUD — Stearns County reported its fifth death and another 74 cases of COVID-19, according to Saturday's report from the Minnesota Department of Health.

Stearns County has reported 1,348 people tested positive and five people have died.

Cases in Benton County rose to 87 Saturday, and deaths remained at two. Sherburne County cases rose to 107 Saturday, and the county has reported one death.

Statewide, 24 Minnesotans died from COVID-19 and 702 more people have tested positive for the disease Saturday, bringing the number of people who have tested positive to 10,790 and the number of deaths to 558. As of Saturday, 6,322 coronavirus patients no longer need isolation.

People that resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities accounted for 449 of the 558 deaths in the state.

Of cases in the state, 1,612 have required hospitalization. As of Saturday, 476 people were hospitalized and 180 people were in intensive care units.

Approximately 106,263 tests have been processed in the state, according to MDH, with more than 91,000 coming from external laboratories.